Medscape January 28, 2025
Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, fueled by ongoing increases in hypertension, obesity, and other major risk factors, according to the American Heart Association’s (AHA) 2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics.
Cardiovascular disease, which includes heart disease and stroke, claims more lives in the United States than all forms of cancer and accidental deaths — the number two and number three causes of death — combined. On average, one person dies from cardiovascular disease every 34 seconds and from stroke about every 3 minutes.
“Those are alarming statistics to me — and they should be alarming for all of us — because it’s likely many among those whom we lose will be our friends...
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